Webinar - Improving Access to Justice Through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments

Date: March 11, 2025 

Time: 11:00a-12:30p PST/2:00-3:30p EST

Title: Improving Access to Justice Through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments

Speakers: Gina Addario-Berry and Magal Huberman

 

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Summary

Please join us for an upcoming webinar on Improving Access to Justice Through Safeguards in Parenting Assessments, a report on parenting assessments in BC published by Rise Women’s Legal Center. Parenting assessments in BC are often ordered when there are court proceedings about parenting issues, to provide evidence to the court about the views and needs of the children, and the ability and willingness of each parent to meet these needs. The report's co-authors, Gina Addario-Berry and Magal Huberman, will discuss their findings and their recommendations under the main themes of evaluators’ training and experience, practice standards, financial barriers, and judicial gatekeeping and oversight.

Bios

Gina Addario-Berry is a Vancouver-based lawyer practicing primarily in the social justice sector to support survivors of violence. She has managed various projects to research and address systemic legal issues, designed legal resources and training programs for frontline workers, and drafted law reform recommendations. She is currently representing and advising children and youth involved in family law proceedings in British Columbia.
 
Magal Huberman is a family law lawyer and family mediator in Vancouver. In addition to her private practice, Magal is a supervising lawyer at the Everyone Legal Clinic, where she supervises articling students in family law matters. Her volunteer work includes pro bono services as a family lawyer and family mediator at Access Pro Bono Society of BC; pro bono legal services at Rise Women’s Legal Centre; and volunteering at the Trial Lawyers Association of BC as co-chair of the family law committee. Magal also publishes and presents on various family law topics.
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